Well...I don't know what happened to Manning, but here's mine:
I wrote these before last game, but changed them around because they weren't posted yet (obviously). Everything after "Edit:" is what I added on, and I switched the order up to reflect the newest games too.
1) Lincoln Navigators - Here's some numbers for you. 14 interceptions, 8 forced fumbles, 13 points allowed per game, 0 gutted teams. Played 2 bad teams in the past weeks, but they did everything they were supposed to. The Bullets fell to the Flyin Es, and HHW got destroyed by Monmouth. Edit: Took care of the Hogs and their new Off-tackle offense. Still #1.
2) Detroit Demon Lions - Solid performance against The Woodys and Footballguys. Looking like one of the frontrunners in the East.
3) Washington Wolfpack - Easy strength of schedule puts them below MEM despite their record. Next time I write one of these things could be very different as their next 2 games are HHW and MEM. Edit: Took care of HHW only giving up 1 TD...on special teams. Solid rush attack continued, and offense never had to punt.
4) Cincinnati Shockers - Still undefeated taking out the Woodys and Hammer in consecutive weeks. Edit: Loss against DDL, but they're one of the best teams.
5) Monmouth Evil Monkeys - Dominated HHW. And I mean dominated. Whether you like their methods or not, you can't deny they kicked ass and deserve to be here. Lost in all this controversy about Larry Csonka is the fact they held HHW to ZERO until under 3 minutes were left in the game. Also dismantled a good Hedgehogs team. Edit: Took care of Compton on their most recent outing. Game wasn't as close as the score indicated. Game was 34-3 at one point.
6) Minnesota Marauders - 4 wins in a row for Galk and crew. The highlight of the past 2 weeks is a great win over Spicewood. They will swing by South Bay before taking on the HHW/MEM tag team "what the hell?" part of the schedule. Edit: Took care of business against South Bay.
7) Chocolate City Cha Chings - Did their best MEM impression with a win over OTR. 84 rushes...you gotta love Season 8. Good win over a very solid Hammer team the previous week. Edit: Great win over the defending champs. Really coming into form.
8) Green Bay Maulers - Good comeback win over K-zoo after losing to the defending champs. Seem to be inconsistent at times, but then again could be attributed to LOLdots and RNG. Edit: Continentals got beat.
9) Honolulu Hurricane Warriors - After being embarrassed by the Monkeys, they won a close game they easily could have lost if some AI bugs were corrected. Warriors have to get back on track. Edit: Slide continues as the Wolfpack run all over them. Tough 2 game stretch coming up.
10) Washington Bullets - Tough loss in a game some might say they should have won. The Elvis are a good team, but the Bullets are defending champs! Tough stretch of games coming up. I don't see them going 4-0 in their next 4 games. Edit: Semi-surprising loss to the Cha-Chings, and their schedule doesn't get any easier.
11) Over the Rhine Red Dots - Tough loss to C^4. Dominated Elvis the weak before. Hammer and Bullets the next 2 weeks should be a good test. Edit: Very solid win over the Hammer.
12) Spicewood Longhorns - Tough to rank this high right now, but their 3 losses are to my #1, #4, and #5 teams. Great win over BSB and tougher all-around schedule barely gives them the edge. Edit: Win over the Bucks.
13) Bourbon Street Bullies - Solid win over the struggling Freebirds before getting beat pretty bad by Spicewood. Other loss is to Lincoln. Haven't had that hard of a schedule yet, and their offense leaves some to be desired. Edit: Nice win taking down Parma.
14) Chicago Hedgehogs - Yeah...they got flat out embarassed by MEM...I honestly think it could happen to anybody though. Save for last game, a very solid offense, and good D to compliment. Edit: Lincoln gets a solid win over them, doesn't hurt their cause too much.
15) ***Official*** Footballguys - Close one point loss to the Demon Lions, although they were down by 8 with 1 minute left. Good bounceback win over a an okay Red Wolves team. Edit: Beat the Rage, but that's not hard to do.
16) Las Vegas Freebirds - Having trouble finding the same success they enjoyed last season. Offense struggled again against Bourbon Street. Their schedule gets a little easier until they finish off with HHW and MEM for their last 2 games with probably playoff implications. Ouch. Edit: Won against the Vaqs. They stop by sunny SD before taking on Lincoln.
17) Carolina Hammer - After a great start to the season, they have slowed. Close loss to the Woody's, and they got flat out beat by C^4s, and Cincinnati. They're going to have to find a way to not turn the ball over if they want to continue their success. Edit: Tough loss to OTR. If DDL and the Bullets win, they could go on a 6 game losing streak.
18) Las Vegas Flyin Elvis - Great win over the Bullets. It's hard to tell which team will show up..the they've won against 2 of the best teams, but lost to 4 other teams. To be fair, those 4 teams are all in my top 11, so they are probably underrated here. Edit: Won against a struggling K-zoo team. They keep their spot.
19) Columbus Woodys - They fall with 2 consecutive losses against the Shockers and DLL. They should win their next 3 games before it's right back to the gauntlet with the Maulers following. Edit: Win over Red Wolves.
20) Las Vegas Gamblers - Hazy seems to be putting it together, although he beat 2 weaker teams. Good defense all season nonetheless. Edit: Beat the Madcats.
21) South Bay Spartans - Kept themselves within striking distance of the Sheeppack until they blew it in the 4th. They play well against good teams, but just don't seem to get the breaks. They desperately need a couple of wins. Unfortunately for them they have MM and BSB next. Their schedule gets significantly easier after that. Edit: MM did what was expected of them. Tough season for BSB, and they are a pretty good team, but can't seem to win against the best teams.
22) Compton Vikings - Heartbreaking loss to the HHW by 3 points. I like how they ran 5 times in a row with under a minute left. Good to see Tim Jackson is getting his carries . A couple of AI fixes and they could be right back in the running. Edit: Beatdown by Monkeys. The game wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated. Next 4 games: Hedgehogs, Wolfpack, MM, BSB...ouch.
23) San Diego Lightning - Ouch. Lincoln forced 5 interceptions and 1 fumble against them. In the previous week, they lost to the Hogs. They get a little bit of a break with the Yell next, but their schedule is just starting to get to the hard part. Edit: Won against Rebel Yell.
24) Dallas Vaqueros - Yes I realize they're 3-3, but their 3 wins are against possibly the 3 worst teams in USA Pro aside from the Madcats. After stunning 6-3 win over the Yell which consisted of a 9 point shootout in the 3rd quarter, they have to take on a stretch of good West teams. It's very possible they won't win another game this season. Edit: Kept it somewhat respectable in a loss to the Freebirds.
25) Rhode Island Red Wolves - 2 losses in a row to the Gamblers and Footballguys. Increasing chance they'll be on the outside looking in when the playoffs come around. Edit: Lost to the Woodys.
26) Kalamazoo Coyotes - 2 wins. 1 against the Madcats...one against the Rage. Identical to the Continentals in that respect, but they beat the rage by more. Edit: Another loss...this time to the Elvis.
27) Philadelphia Continentals - Barely edge out by K-zoo due to games against common opponents. You guys can't put up 255 against the Madcats? Edit: Owned by the Maulers.
28) Parma Burglars - Still without a win. All the good teams are putting up 50+ on them. Offense has put up 20 in their best showing. I know they have no wins, but I think they would take the Bucks head to head. We'll have to wait and see in 2 weeks. Edit: Bourbon Street showed em the business.
29) Columbus Bucks - Good win over the Yell...I guess. Pretty much just proved that they aren't the worst team in the conference. Edit: Another loss. This time to Spicewood.
30) Richmond Rebel Yell - Third coast offense hit an all-time low as they ironically only put up 3 points against the Vaqueros. This prophecy may come true:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2132513
Well the first part at least...they're not getting 1st in my rankings. Edit: Another week, another loss. They aren't losing as bad as the Rage though.
31) Gridiron Rage - Having a bad season. Their schedule doesn't get any easier. Edit: Another loss. Could possibly go 1-15.
32) Kentucky Madcats
I wrote these before last game, but changed them around because they weren't posted yet (obviously). Everything after "Edit:" is what I added on, and I switched the order up to reflect the newest games too.
1) Lincoln Navigators - Here's some numbers for you. 14 interceptions, 8 forced fumbles, 13 points allowed per game, 0 gutted teams. Played 2 bad teams in the past weeks, but they did everything they were supposed to. The Bullets fell to the Flyin Es, and HHW got destroyed by Monmouth. Edit: Took care of the Hogs and their new Off-tackle offense. Still #1.
2) Detroit Demon Lions - Solid performance against The Woodys and Footballguys. Looking like one of the frontrunners in the East.
3) Washington Wolfpack - Easy strength of schedule puts them below MEM despite their record. Next time I write one of these things could be very different as their next 2 games are HHW and MEM. Edit: Took care of HHW only giving up 1 TD...on special teams. Solid rush attack continued, and offense never had to punt.
4) Cincinnati Shockers - Still undefeated taking out the Woodys and Hammer in consecutive weeks. Edit: Loss against DDL, but they're one of the best teams.
5) Monmouth Evil Monkeys - Dominated HHW. And I mean dominated. Whether you like their methods or not, you can't deny they kicked ass and deserve to be here. Lost in all this controversy about Larry Csonka is the fact they held HHW to ZERO until under 3 minutes were left in the game. Also dismantled a good Hedgehogs team. Edit: Took care of Compton on their most recent outing. Game wasn't as close as the score indicated. Game was 34-3 at one point.
6) Minnesota Marauders - 4 wins in a row for Galk and crew. The highlight of the past 2 weeks is a great win over Spicewood. They will swing by South Bay before taking on the HHW/MEM tag team "what the hell?" part of the schedule. Edit: Took care of business against South Bay.
7) Chocolate City Cha Chings - Did their best MEM impression with a win over OTR. 84 rushes...you gotta love Season 8. Good win over a very solid Hammer team the previous week. Edit: Great win over the defending champs. Really coming into form.
8) Green Bay Maulers - Good comeback win over K-zoo after losing to the defending champs. Seem to be inconsistent at times, but then again could be attributed to LOLdots and RNG. Edit: Continentals got beat.
9) Honolulu Hurricane Warriors - After being embarrassed by the Monkeys, they won a close game they easily could have lost if some AI bugs were corrected. Warriors have to get back on track. Edit: Slide continues as the Wolfpack run all over them. Tough 2 game stretch coming up.
10) Washington Bullets - Tough loss in a game some might say they should have won. The Elvis are a good team, but the Bullets are defending champs! Tough stretch of games coming up. I don't see them going 4-0 in their next 4 games. Edit: Semi-surprising loss to the Cha-Chings, and their schedule doesn't get any easier.
11) Over the Rhine Red Dots - Tough loss to C^4. Dominated Elvis the weak before. Hammer and Bullets the next 2 weeks should be a good test. Edit: Very solid win over the Hammer.
12) Spicewood Longhorns - Tough to rank this high right now, but their 3 losses are to my #1, #4, and #5 teams. Great win over BSB and tougher all-around schedule barely gives them the edge. Edit: Win over the Bucks.
13) Bourbon Street Bullies - Solid win over the struggling Freebirds before getting beat pretty bad by Spicewood. Other loss is to Lincoln. Haven't had that hard of a schedule yet, and their offense leaves some to be desired. Edit: Nice win taking down Parma.
14) Chicago Hedgehogs - Yeah...they got flat out embarassed by MEM...I honestly think it could happen to anybody though. Save for last game, a very solid offense, and good D to compliment. Edit: Lincoln gets a solid win over them, doesn't hurt their cause too much.
15) ***Official*** Footballguys - Close one point loss to the Demon Lions, although they were down by 8 with 1 minute left. Good bounceback win over a an okay Red Wolves team. Edit: Beat the Rage, but that's not hard to do.
16) Las Vegas Freebirds - Having trouble finding the same success they enjoyed last season. Offense struggled again against Bourbon Street. Their schedule gets a little easier until they finish off with HHW and MEM for their last 2 games with probably playoff implications. Ouch. Edit: Won against the Vaqs. They stop by sunny SD before taking on Lincoln.
17) Carolina Hammer - After a great start to the season, they have slowed. Close loss to the Woody's, and they got flat out beat by C^4s, and Cincinnati. They're going to have to find a way to not turn the ball over if they want to continue their success. Edit: Tough loss to OTR. If DDL and the Bullets win, they could go on a 6 game losing streak.
18) Las Vegas Flyin Elvis - Great win over the Bullets. It's hard to tell which team will show up..the they've won against 2 of the best teams, but lost to 4 other teams. To be fair, those 4 teams are all in my top 11, so they are probably underrated here. Edit: Won against a struggling K-zoo team. They keep their spot.
19) Columbus Woodys - They fall with 2 consecutive losses against the Shockers and DLL. They should win their next 3 games before it's right back to the gauntlet with the Maulers following. Edit: Win over Red Wolves.
20) Las Vegas Gamblers - Hazy seems to be putting it together, although he beat 2 weaker teams. Good defense all season nonetheless. Edit: Beat the Madcats.
21) South Bay Spartans - Kept themselves within striking distance of the Sheeppack until they blew it in the 4th. They play well against good teams, but just don't seem to get the breaks. They desperately need a couple of wins. Unfortunately for them they have MM and BSB next. Their schedule gets significantly easier after that. Edit: MM did what was expected of them. Tough season for BSB, and they are a pretty good team, but can't seem to win against the best teams.
22) Compton Vikings - Heartbreaking loss to the HHW by 3 points. I like how they ran 5 times in a row with under a minute left. Good to see Tim Jackson is getting his carries . A couple of AI fixes and they could be right back in the running. Edit: Beatdown by Monkeys. The game wasn't nearly as close as the score indicated. Next 4 games: Hedgehogs, Wolfpack, MM, BSB...ouch.
23) San Diego Lightning - Ouch. Lincoln forced 5 interceptions and 1 fumble against them. In the previous week, they lost to the Hogs. They get a little bit of a break with the Yell next, but their schedule is just starting to get to the hard part. Edit: Won against Rebel Yell.
24) Dallas Vaqueros - Yes I realize they're 3-3, but their 3 wins are against possibly the 3 worst teams in USA Pro aside from the Madcats. After stunning 6-3 win over the Yell which consisted of a 9 point shootout in the 3rd quarter, they have to take on a stretch of good West teams. It's very possible they won't win another game this season. Edit: Kept it somewhat respectable in a loss to the Freebirds.
25) Rhode Island Red Wolves - 2 losses in a row to the Gamblers and Footballguys. Increasing chance they'll be on the outside looking in when the playoffs come around. Edit: Lost to the Woodys.
26) Kalamazoo Coyotes - 2 wins. 1 against the Madcats...one against the Rage. Identical to the Continentals in that respect, but they beat the rage by more. Edit: Another loss...this time to the Elvis.
27) Philadelphia Continentals - Barely edge out by K-zoo due to games against common opponents. You guys can't put up 255 against the Madcats? Edit: Owned by the Maulers.
28) Parma Burglars - Still without a win. All the good teams are putting up 50+ on them. Offense has put up 20 in their best showing. I know they have no wins, but I think they would take the Bucks head to head. We'll have to wait and see in 2 weeks. Edit: Bourbon Street showed em the business.
29) Columbus Bucks - Good win over the Yell...I guess. Pretty much just proved that they aren't the worst team in the conference. Edit: Another loss. This time to Spicewood.
30) Richmond Rebel Yell - Third coast offense hit an all-time low as they ironically only put up 3 points against the Vaqueros. This prophecy may come true:
http://goallineblitz.com/game/forum_thread.pl?thread_id=2132513
Well the first part at least...they're not getting 1st in my rankings. Edit: Another week, another loss. They aren't losing as bad as the Rage though.
31) Gridiron Rage - Having a bad season. Their schedule doesn't get any easier. Edit: Another loss. Could possibly go 1-15.
32) Kentucky Madcats
